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Nadya Williams

Nadya Williams is the Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy. She holds a PhD in Classics from Princeton University and is the author of Cultural Christians in the Early Church; Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity; and Christians Reading Classics (forthcoming Zondervan Academic, 2025). She and her husband Dan joyfully live and homeschool in Ashland, Ohio.

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Nadya Williams

Nadya Williams is the Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy. She holds a PhD in Classics from Princeton University and is the author of Cultural Christians in the Early Church; Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity; and Christians Reading Classics (forthcoming Zondervan Academic, 2025). She and her husband Dan joyfully live and homeschool in Ashland, Ohio.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

The Case for Intellectual Gratitude

It is a profound privilege to live in a world where there are poets.

Nadya WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

What Has War to Do with Motherhood?

We cannot take the value and the beauty of this vulnerability for granted. Sargeant’s book makes no sense outside the Judaeo-Christian worldview.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Child of These Tears

Suffering—bodily and spiritual—is the thread connecting all persons and events in this book. How do we face great suffering that upheaves our lives?

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Charles Williams, All Hallows’ Eve: 80 Years Later

An interview with the Charles Williams scholar Grevel Lindop marking the eightieth anniversary of Williams's final novel: 'All Hallows Eve'

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

In Heaven, We Will All Be Single

If churches view singleness as being inherently and universally abnormal and undesirable they miss out on a great part of biblical wisdom and reality.

Nadya WilliamsChurchBook Reviews

That Blessed Liberty: An Interview with Adam Carrington and Miles Smith IV

A conversation with Anglican historians Adam Carrington and Miles Smith IV on their recent book on early 19th century American Episcopal bishops

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

The Pastor Who Rescued Jews

Though forgotten today, Andre Trocme's memoirs tell the story of great courage that was founded on the simplicity of Christian obedience.

Nadya WilliamsTheology

The Authority of the Septuagint: An Interview with Greg Lanier and William Ross

The creation and reception of the Septuagint raises a host of interesting theological questions.

Nadya WilliamsCulture

The Banality of Evil, 2025 Edition

Eichmann had to die because there are evils to which human cannot be reconciled. And those evils still sometimes happen in our own day.

Nadya WilliamsCultureBook Reviews

In Defense of Christian Patriotism: An Interview with Daniel Darling

An interview with Dan Darling of the Land Center on his new book concerning patriotism, nationalism, and why we need more politically engaged Christians.

Nadya WilliamsBook ReviewsFormation

Seeking a Life Well Lived

Karen Swallow Prior's new book won't tell you what job to take. But if you desire counsel about how to live well, this book will deliver.

Nadya WilliamsCultureBook Reviews

Mahmoud v. Taylor, Winnie the Pooh, and Why Children in Public Schools Deserve Beautiful Books

A question lingers behind the Mahmoud v Taylor decision: Why is today's children's literature so bad? And why do we keep giving bad books to kids?